Flight safety.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 14

(a) (1) (i) Any hazard from a launch vehicle, vehicle component, or payload can reach any protected area at any time during flight; or (ii) A failure of the launch vehicle would have a high consequence to the public. (2) (b) (1) A launch operator may initiate the flight of a launch vehicle only if the total risk associated with the launch to all members of the public, excluding persons in water-borne vessels and aircraft, does not exceed an expected number of 1 × 10 (2) A launch operator may initiate flight only if the risk to any individual member of the public does not exceed a casualty expectation of 1 × 10 (3) A launch operator must establish any water borne vessel hazard areas necessary to ensure the probability of impact (P (4) A launch operator must establish any aircraft hazard areas necessary to ensure the probability of impact (P (5) A launch operator may initiate flight of a launch vehicle only if all of (c) (1) When using the 11 ft-lbs threshold to determine potential casualties due to blunt trauma from inert debris impacts, the analysis must: (i) Incorporate a probabilistic model that accounts for the probability of casualty due to any debris expected to impact with kinetic energy of 11 ft-lbs or greater and satisfy paragraph (d) of this section; or (ii) Count each expected impact with kinetic energy of 11 ft-lbs or greater to a person as a casualty. (2) When applying the 1.0 psi threshold to determine potential casualties due to blast overpressure effects, the a

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 14:§ 417.107